We are happy to announce that Concur, a global leader in employee spend management, has chosen Hurley Travel Experts to be a fulfillment agency for their on-line booking tool Cliqbook. Employee spending has a huge impact on your bottom line.  Aberdeen Research has found that travel & entertainment expenses typically account for between 8% and 10% of total operating expenses.  And the biggest challenge facing finance executives and travel managers is the lack of compliance with T & E policies.  On average, approximately 20% of T&E spend is out of policy.
 
You can save costs on employee spending in three important ways: 
 
1) Control the spending when it occurs
2) Drive efficiency within the transaction
3) Reduce the operational cost 
 
Visibility is key.  By using a product like Concur and Cliqbook you can see where the spend is taking place, who is spending it and who is in or out of compliance with a travel policy.  You have complete visibility from the beginning of a purchase through to the final invoice and reimbursement.
 
Forward thinking organizations are solving the entire problem - either today or in stages.  Concur delivers a unified solution that solves the whole problem.  Concur's solution can improve compliance by over 38%, cut travel booking costs by 62%, reduce expense report processing time by 42%, and cut operational costs by 40%.  A Gartner Group study reveals that "a 5% reduction in operating costs has the same P&L impact as a 30% increase in sales!"